In recent months, there have been explosions in Bujumbura, Kigali, Nairobi and Kampala raising concerns that insecurity may bedevil the region and reverse economic gains. In the wider Eastern Africa ...

MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Yusuf Garaad left his comfortable home and job as head of the BBC Somali Service in London to run for the presidency of Somalia when the Horn of Africa nation embraced a plan to ...

The European Union Naval Force (EUNAVFOR) has patrolled Somali waters since 2008, supposedly to combat piracy and secure trade routes. While piracy was a real threat in the late 2000s, the mission has ...

In 1991 Siad Barre, the then president of Somalia, was overthrown and fled to Kenya where he was smoked out by journalists while staying in one of the top hotels in Nairobi. It is an open question how ...

Somalia may be one of the poorest countries in the world and beset by violence, but it is “fixable”, according to its top climate official. The country has been torn apart by more than 30 years of ...

President Biden campaigned on a platform to end "the never-ending wars." But the New York Times is reporting that he is sending hundreds of U.S. troops to Somalia to fight al-Shabab extremists that ...

Nice Washington Post story about how the U.S. is training Ugandan soldiers (along with some from Burundi, Sierra Leone and Djibouti) in Uganda on how to do battle with Islamic extremists in Somalia – ...

DHOBLEY, Somalia — Somalis with new uniforms and guns, reportedly purchased by Kenya’s government, are supposed to be guarding the Kenya-Somalia border against Islamist insurgents. But ...

Men sat in barber chairs, women browsed colorful garments at the boutiques and patrons sampled fried sambusas and rice dishes ...